Ventilated hat.



F. H. LEE. VENTILATED HAT. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. as, 1013 Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ornron.

FRANK H. LEE, 0]? BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

VENTILATED HAT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK H. Lee, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield,

State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ventilated Hats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My improvement relates to hats, but more particularly has reference to the ventilation of a hat, and has for its object to ventilate a hat by means of currents directed through coinciding openings in the hat band, hat crown, and sweat leather directly against the head of the wearer, and also by means of an air current which circulates between the sweat leather and the hat crown and leads directly into the interior top portion of the latter above the head of the wearer.

With these ends in view my invention consists of certain details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claim which concludes this description.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hat, partly broken away and sectioned, made in accordance with my im provement, and Fig. 2 is a cross section of such hat.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in both figures of the drawing.

I am aware that hats have been hltherto ventilated in various ways by means of perforations extending through the hat band,

the hat crown, and sweat leather, but in all instances either the hat itself has been inaterially weakened, the ventilation necessarily confined to a soft hat, the ventilations against the head provided altogether too far up in the sweat leather so that a dead pocket was formed between the hat crown and sweat leather below the perforations in the latter, or the constructions have been so complicated as to preclude their use.

My invention aims to provide a very simple and effective means of ventilating hats and will be best understood from the following description 1 is the hat crown, 2 the hat brim, 3 the external hat fabric, and 4 the sweat leather,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Serial No. 786,225.

which latter is formed by the drumming 7 process so that such leather is spaced from the interior of the hat crown.

Near the base of the crown and at or about the junction of the latter with the brim and extendin circumferentially of such crown are perforations 5 that are cut in pairs so as to leave a ortion of the hat body between them, an similar perforations 6 are out within the sweat leather near the point where it is stitched to the hat and gilictly opposite the perforations in the hat The fabric band 3 at its bottom portion is openwork, as denoted by the numeral 7, and this openwork portion is directly opposite the perforations in the hat crown and sweat leather, and therefore it will be readily understood that these perforations and the openwork of the hat band all coincide and are located at the bottom portion of the hat crown where the latter joins the brim.

The spacing of the sweat leather from the interior wall of the hat crown provides an air pocket 8 through which the air circulates and passes directly upwardly into the top interior portion of the hat crown above the head of the wearer. If the perforations through the sweat leather were formed high up in such leather then the benefit of the circulation in the air pocket 8 would not be obtained and therefore this air pocket must be bounded by imperforate walls and the greater the depth of this pocket the better the circulation. Accordingly said openwork and perforations are located at or about the point where the hat crown joins the brim so that air may pass directly through the hat against the head of the wearer, and, as the air enters very readily through the openwork and the perforations in the hat crown, there will be a decided circulation of air between the sweat leather and hat crown above the perforated portions and this air will be led upwardly into the interior of the hat crown above the head of the wearer, thus keeping the air above the head of the wearer cool, and also inducing the comparatively warm air, that has passed through the perforations 6 against the head of the wearer, to pass through the usual perforations 9 provided at the top of the hat crown. It will thus be seen that Warm air is readily disposed of and the head of the wearer kept cool by a constant circulation of fresh air within the top portion of the hat crown.

I claim A hat having its crown provided with circumferentially extending openings adjacent the junction with the brim; an external fabric band Whose lower portion is open-.

7 work and is disposed opposite the openings in the crown; and a sweat leather whose lower portion adjacent the brim is provided with openings that extend throughout its length and are opposite the openings in the hat crown, said sweat leather being spaced from the hat crown to provide an unobstructed annular air pocket between the hat 15 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK H. LEE.

Witnesses:

EDWVARD R. FAY, E. P. BILLIN.

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